Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact Donor who has given £12m to Reform UK had previously wanted Nigel Farage to keep open mind about deal with Conservatives
Telegraph sold for £575m as German buyer elbows out Daily Mail Axel Springer, owner of Bild and Die Welt, agrees all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers
Ben Affleck sells his AI postproduction startup to Netflix Announcing the InterPositive deal, the actor says he was moved from being scared of the technology to embracing it
Royal Mail criticised as first-class stamp price rises to £1.80 despite ‘failing service’ Company attacked for ‘forcing people to dig deeper into their pockets’ as second-class stamps increase to 91p
US lost 92,000 jobs in February just before Trump joined Iran conflict The unemployment rate was 4.4% in February, with 126,000 jobs added in January
BP’s new boss will take home at least £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor Meg O’Neill will be first woman to serve as CEO of 117-year-oil firm when joining from Woodside Energy in April
Rail passengers warned over six-day Easter shutdown on west coast mainline Engineering work means there will be no mainline services between London Euston and Milton Keynes from 3-8 April
‘You unbelievable coward’: conservative US media in open warfare over Iran Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin are all trading blows over US involvement – while Sean Hannity says he’s staying out of it
‘We’re powerless … and hoping nothing hits us’: trapped on a tanker as Iran war escalates Seafarer tells of explosions in the sky as thousands stuck on vessels after strait of Hormuz is effectively closed to shipping
US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war ‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipments
Weight-loss jab could be made for $3 a month, study finds Cheap semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic and Wegovy, could help millions with diabetes and obesity in 160 countries
Philippines orders energy cuts in response to Middle East war South-east Asian country limits air conditioning and travel for public officials amid soaring fuel prices
‘Geopolitical uncertainties’ amid Iran war could slow fall in mortgage rates, says Halifax UK house price growth slowed in February as value of typical home rose 0.3% to £301,151
Water firms sent bailiffs to tens of thousands of homes for debts under £1,000 Most recorded visits are for smaller debts, data from England and Wales suggests, though method of recovery is a postcode lottery
New York and other US states sue Trump over ‘illegal and reckless’ tariffs Lawsuit says president does not have authority to impose levies and demands refunds from federal government